Kenneth Gilbert Osceola

Published: Thursday, April 11, 2013 8:00 a.m. CST

Kenneth (Ken) Gilbert, age 69 of Osceola, Iowa and formerly of Van Wert, Iowa, son of Elmer Gilbert and Lorene Audry (McConnell) Gilbert, was born October 24th, 1943 in Osceola, Iowa and passed from this life on Saturday April 6, 2013 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.

Ken was united in marriage to Juanita Marie Lane on November 23, 1963. Together they spent most of their lives in the trucking business. Ken retired from Gilbert Trucking and he and Juanita moved to India for several years to help the less fortunate. It was a very rewarding time for them. They settled in Osceola upon their return.